TY - BOOK AU - Smith,Karen M. TI - The government of childhood: discourse, power and subjectivity T2 - Studies in childhood and youth SN - 9781137312266 (hbk.) : AV - HQ767.87 U1 - 305.235 SMI PY - 2014/// CY - New York PB - Palgrave Macmillan KW - Civilization, Modern KW - Youth KW - History KW - Child rearing KW - Children KW - Government policy KW - Western countries KW - Child Care KW - ukslc KW - Social & cultural history KW - thema KW - Age groups: children KW - Social theory KW - Sociology: family & relationships KW - Child welfare KW - Central / national / federal government policies KW - Age groups KW - Education N1 - 1.Conceptualizing governmentality -- 2.Subjects of government -- 3.Disciplining childhood -- 4.The gentle way in child governement -- 5.Governing the responsible child N2 - Grounded in the Foucauldian literature on governmentality and drawing on a broad range of disciplines, this book examines the government of childhood in the West from the early modern period to the present ER -